The BNP Parliamentary Board has interviewed three candidates interested in the party's by-election for Thakurgaon-1 parliamentary constituency. However, the nomination will be announced later.

The interview was conducted at the political office of BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Gulshan, the capital, on Friday night.

BNP media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan said that Thakurgaon District BNP President and former municipality mayor Mirza Faisal Amin, Thakurgaon District BNP Vice-President Obaidullah Masud and Sultanul Ferdous Namrachaudhury gave interviews before the parliamentary board.

Present at the meeting, chaired by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, were BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, National Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Dr. Abdul Moin Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan, Salahuddin Ahmed, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Begum Selima Rahman, Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain, Aman Ullah Aman, Ismail Zabiullah and Dr. Farhad Halim Doner.

After the meeting, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told reporters, "This meeting is a meeting of the nomination board. According to the party constitution, the standing committee serves as the nomination board of BNP. We have interviewed our interested candidates. However, the decision (who will get the nomination) will be announced later."

Incidentally, the then BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir won the Thakurgaon-1 constituency in the 13th National Parliament election. But after he was elected President, the seat was declared vacant. Now, a by-election will be held in that constituency.

According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission, the by-election will be held in Thakurgaon-1 constituency on October 29. The last date for submitting nomination papers is September 27. The selection of nomination papers will be done on September 29, and the last date for withdrawal of candidacy is October 7. The symbol will be allotted on October 8.